Instrumental Variable Estimation for Causal Inference in Longitudinal Data with Time-Dependent Latent Confounders
含时变潜在混杂的纵向数据因果推断:工具变量估计
Causal inference from longitudinal observational data is a challenging problem due to the difficulty in correctly identifying the time-dependent confounders, especially in the presence of latent time-dependent confounders. Instrumental variable (IV) is a powerful tool for addressing the latent confounders issue, but the traditional IV technique cannot deal with latent time-dependent confounders in longitudinal studies. In this work, we propose a novel Time-dependent…